WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:07.280 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:23.480 Sports Talk seven nine day. Now, here's Nick coffee. 3 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:26.079 All right, let's get it started our third and final 4 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:30.039 hour here on a Monday afternoon. Super Bowl Week is underway, 5 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:34.600 and I feel like, so far, the only real talking 6 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:38.240 points thus far at Super Bowl Media radio. 7 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:38.560 Row, I guess. 8 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:41.240 I mean, I think everybody got there this past weekend, 9 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:42.759 and there'll be all kinds of coverage all over the 10 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:45.600 place from the national outlets, and I'm sure we'll we'll 11 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:47.920 get some stuff that comes from it. But I think 12 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:54.880 the trade request from what's his name, Brown's best player defensively, 13 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:57.719 Miles Garrett. Yeah, Males Garret, don't know. I couldn't think 14 00:00:57.719 --> 00:00:59.600 of his name, but he requested a trade from the Browns. 15 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.799 And you know, I like this move on his part 16 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.719 because he'll, I mean, he's using this to his advantage. 17 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:11.000 This comes out publicly today for obvious reasons, because he's 18 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:14.040 going to be there doing multiple radio interviews. In fact, 19 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:15.799 I think his first interview was going to be with 20 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:18.000 Rich Eisen once he got there in New Orleans. And 21 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:20.920 he'll he'll he'll he'll be able to control the narrative 22 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:23.439 here he'll be able to talk and obviously he can't 23 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.760 get into too much as far as like details, but 24 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:29.280 like he'll basically be able to sell himself to other 25 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:32.120 franchises out there as to why maybe they should make 26 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.079 some moves and try to go get him, because obviously 27 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:36.239 he's still a really, really good player. I think he's 28 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:38.319 made it clear that his trade request is just based 29 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:40.079 more so than anything off of wanting to win a 30 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:42.439 Super Bowl. And the Browns don't really look to be 31 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:45.560 in that in that in that great of a shape, 32 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:47.319 in that great of shape to win it. In fact, 33 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:49.079 what am I talking about? The Browns That probably never 34 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:51.519 want to role in my lifetime, but the Browns. But 35 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:58.159 one of the things the NFL has has well maybe 36 00:01:58.200 --> 00:01:59.760 I'm wrong with saying this, but I feel like more 37 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:03.200 than the in the NFL, but like players don't have 38 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:06.159 like they have controlled despite being under contract, Like they 39 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:08.479 can put up as big enough, as big of a fight, 40 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:11.080 and more often than not they'll get traded right Like 41 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:13.400 they have a contract for a reason, they can be 42 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:15.039 fined if they want to sit out. But if you 43 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:18.199 are a star player and you are behaving that way, 44 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:21.840 and it comes to somebody having to like budge, the 45 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:25.439 team's gonna budge more often than not because they have to, right. 46 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:30.599 So in the NFL, I feel like you've got when's 47 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:33.199 the last time this happened Austin in the NFL where 48 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:35.639 a really good player made it clear he wanted out, 49 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:39.800 and the conversation turned into, well, look, this guy's so good, 50 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:41.759 they'd be foolish not to get rid of him, like 51 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:43.759 they I mean, he may not like it in Cleveland, 52 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:45.879 but why would they give up a guy that is 53 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:48.439 that good? Like wasn't it when Rogers became kind of 54 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:50.919 prickly with the Green Bay for like the last time, 55 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.639 Like it's one of those things where he was under contract, 56 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:55.000 he didn't want to play there, but at the end 57 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:57.080 of the day, like how many more good years does 58 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:57.560 he have left? 59 00:02:57.560 --> 00:02:58.879 That kind of thing, And maybe the same thing with 60 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:02.039 Brett Fahr, but remember he like retired a couple of times, 61 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:03.879 so that was his way out of it. And I 62 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:06.240 don't know, being a Vikings fan, I know Stefan Diggs 63 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:08.759 was very vocal about wanting to get out, but I 64 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:10.520 don't think that he was like the best at his 65 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:13.759 position like Miles Garrett was and then he got shipped 66 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:15.560 to Buffalo and we all laughed at it because you know, 67 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:19.039 it's Buffalo and Josh Allen wasn't proven yet. But both 68 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:21.199 those teams got better without him. Yeah, of course they did. 69 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:24.400 So I don't know, it's it's it's just I mean, 70 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:27.680 I don't know. And any other defensive end that I 71 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:31.560 can remember like that, remember, oh, who was Khalil Mack member? 72 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:34.439 Oh yeah, uh started with the Raiders, right, yeah? 73 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:36.919 Yeah, and Gruden apparently didn't want to keep them or 74 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:38.759 something like that, or they didn't want to pay him, 75 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:40.800 and then he goes in the very next year. He 76 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:42.560 just an absolute beast in Chicago. 77 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:43.639 Yeah. 78 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:46.439 I think there have been some examples in recent years 79 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:48.680 like that, where you know, it looks like a guy's 80 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:50.319 just kind of, you know, getting in his own way 81 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:52.360 too much and his best days are in the past. 82 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.400 Then they go, I mean again, being within a winning 83 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:57.159 culture matters a lot, and maybe more guys are realizing 84 00:03:57.159 --> 00:03:59.240 that now, Like maybe, I mean, as good as Miles 85 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:01.479 Garrett has been in clear Eveland, you can't tell me 86 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:04.080 that what he's seeing with Sequon Barkley now being with 87 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:06.960 a organization, then more often than not, they do things 88 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:09.520 the right way, they succeed, and the Browns aren't that. 89 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:11.599 In fact, the Browns are in this position where their 90 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:15.759 future looks very, very bad, is just because they're still 91 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:19.000 stuck with Deshaun Watson and that horrible contract that only 92 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:21.199 the Browns would give him. So I know it's just 93 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:24.720 to me, Miles Garrett's one of those guys that if 94 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:27.000 you're the Browns and you know he wants to be traded, 95 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:29.600 I mean I would spend the next forty eight hours 96 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.480 working with him. And because your mindset has to be right, now, 97 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:35.839 why would we How would we get better by getting 98 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:37.639 rid of a guy that we know everybody else would 99 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:39.480 want and we've already invested a lot of money in him. 100 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:42.160 So but again, more often than not, this day and 101 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:44.879 age players do get their way, and you know. 102 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:48.560 That's just where we are. The one guys that come 103 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:49.079 to mind. 104 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:50.759 For me, And this wasn't really about a trade, but 105 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:54.959 if you remember when Le'Veon Bell held out in Pittsburgh, 106 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:56.959 I mean, could that have worked out any better for 107 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:59.680 the Steelers? I mean he never did anything of no 108 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.560 after that and they never missed a beat. You know, 109 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:04.360 they had some better teams, of course, when he was 110 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:06.720 there and Brown was there. But you know, for the 111 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:09.560 most part, they like it wasn't as if they never 112 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:11.560 recovered from those two players who kind of, you know, 113 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:13.920 felt like they needed more than what they were getting. 114 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:16.879 But anyways, as you could expect, despite it being Super 115 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:18.839 Bowl week, we've talked a lot of college basketball because 116 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:20.800 that's what we do around here, and on Mondays we 117 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:22.519 react to the weekend. And it was not a good 118 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:25.279 weekend for Louisville fans or for Kentucky fans. 119 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:27.759 And with this Louisville loss to Georgia Tech. 120 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:30.240 A couple things And I'm going to try to go 121 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:31.680 through this quickly because I don't want to, you know, 122 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:34.199 regurgitate too much, because it's been a big talking point 123 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:36.639 for the show, uh so far throughout the show today. 124 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:38.439 But I still feel like Louisville is the. 125 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:40.399 Same team that they were during that ten game winning 126 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:42.519 streak where they went undefeated in the month of January, 127 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:45.680 because you know that that had value. And I don't 128 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:47.879 mean that they were out there mowing down teams that 129 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:50.000 are going to be Final Four contenders, but they were 130 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.879 playing good basketball, and they were playing against better teams 131 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:57.240 and winning me meaning better teams than than Georgia Tech 132 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.399 who got him so more than anything for me, it's 133 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:02.000 just a remind because you actually saw it right, it 134 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:03.920 played out right in front of your eyes, that Louisville 135 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:06.040 could lose to a team like this. There's a reason 136 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:08.439 I kept mentioning here and there as far as when 137 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:10.680 we would look ahead, I would mention, well, you know 138 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:12.800 that Noah Waterman bucket against Ku. 139 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:13.759 How big was that? 140 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.519 And it wasn't because I was trying to act like 141 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:19.279 we should be doubting Louisville because they nearly lost to Eku. 142 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:23.120 I'm just referencing it as a real reminder that if 143 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.560 they don't play well, if they miss free throws, if 144 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:28.160 they let a team get hot where they're just making 145 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:32.079 big shots, then then you could, you know, you could lose, 146 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:34.560 and Georgia Tech did that. I mean, I don't want 147 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:36.519 to act like it was all Georgia Tech Louisville. You know, 148 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:38.800 they miss free throws and I just missed some shots 149 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:42.519 around the room you typically don't miss. I think the 150 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:45.639 flow that they need in the amount of possessions that 151 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.720 they really want, meaning Louisville was disrupted by the fouls 152 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:51.000 that were called and I think, you know more than 153 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:55.319 anything for Saturday. As far as like Louisville as a team, 154 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:58.439 I thought they called I mean, I don't think there 155 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:00.720 were many foul calls that I was like, like stunned by. 156 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:04.360 There were a couple, but with Chucky and really Louisvill's guards, 157 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:07.519 I feel like, and Javon Hadley's not a guy that's 158 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:10.639 guarding perimeter players, but he's also a physical defender and 159 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:14.199 it works out well for him. But I feel like 160 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:16.319 sometimes they don't call thousand, they easily could, And I 161 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:18.199 think Saturday was a reminder that you may get that 162 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:20.680 kind of a whistle. And I mean, all you want 163 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:23.199 is consistency. But I think Louisville during their run where 164 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:26.759 they were really playing good basketball. They were physically imposing 165 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:28.839 from the beginning of the game and kind of setting 166 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:31.800 the tone to where they you know, they were able 167 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.759 to play with some contact when you know Chucky's you know, 168 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:39.600 basically harassing the opposing point guard and keeping him from 169 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:41.759 from getting his team into an offense. So you know, 170 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:43.480 it's just one game, but it is a game that 171 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:47.519 now changes your resume. Right Louisville right now, according to Leonardi, 172 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:50.240 is a seventh seed. I think the other bracketology updates 173 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:51.199 that I saw today had. 174 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:51.920 Him as an eight seed. 175 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:54.199 But one thing we could say for a while that 176 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:55.959 did have value we can no longer say, and that 177 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:58.319 is that one of the things that makes Louisville a 178 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:00.920 team safely in the tournament it might be able to 179 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.600 even get a good seed, top four seed maybe, is 180 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:05.480 because they had no bad losses. Well, now they have 181 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:07.439 a bad loss. It's not a killer, it doesn't ruin 182 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.399 your season, but it not only is one that's going 183 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:13.839 to hurt you as far as the metrics, it now 184 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:17.800 again changes Really what I mean, I guess because you 185 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:19.639 only have one loss, and all your other losses are 186 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:21.600 against good teams, I guess technically you can, you know, 187 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:25.079 you can claim that Louisville outside of Georgia Tech, really 188 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:28.360 they only have you know, one bad loss, but overall, 189 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:32.360 I mean without any signature win, right, and there's not 190 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:34.559 a win Louisville has against a team that I mean, 191 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:36.399 That's what's kind of scary to me. And the more 192 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:38.080 I look at the numbers, the more I'm thinking, all right, 193 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:40.399 please don't slip up and lose to another team like 194 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:40.879 Georgia Tech. 195 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:41.519 Because I don't want to. 196 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:44.240 I don't I don't want to have to really sweat 197 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:46.360 it out on selections Sunday. And look, I'm not I'm 198 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.000 not there yet thinking that we're going to be in 199 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.039 that position. But this resume is just weird. 200 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:51.320 Man. 201 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:56.639 They have until Saturday no bad loss at all, and 202 00:08:57.519 --> 00:09:04.080 their best win was is Clemson, I mean Clemson in 203 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:10.840 Pittsburgh and I guess West Virginia although they're they're you know, 204 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:13.559 they're they're borderline top fifty, like those are their best wins. 205 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:17.919 So if you get to the end of the season 206 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:19.279 and you don't have any more I mean again, you 207 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:21.559 will play pitt one more time and they're going to 208 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:22.639 be at your place, so that's still going to be 209 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:24.440 a win that has value. It'll be at home, so 210 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:27.200 it won't be a quad one unless Pittsburgh can climb 211 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:27.799 back into. 212 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:28.240 The top thirty. 213 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:32.919 But you know, I still resume, aside from what I've 214 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:35.200 watched with this team, I still think if they play 215 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:38.840 well and really continue to be the team they've been 216 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:41.679 since their run started, even despite Saturday, I still think 217 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.200 they're a team that that you can think second weekend 218 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:47.519 is a real possibility, now, is it? A game you 219 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:51.480 should just bank on happening. Meeting Louisville and the Sweet Sixteen. 220 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:56.120 Probably not, But I still think that what happened Saturday 221 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:00.240 was they just weren't able to withstand one more run 222 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:02.120 by Georgia Tech. And then once he got real tight, 223 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:04.840 they didn't. You know, they didn't make winning plays. They 224 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:07.200 missed some shots, clearly miss free throws in a major way. 225 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:10.039 And that's what sucked about the free Like, the free throws. 226 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:11.360 Have been an issue all year. We've known it. 227 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:13.679 And I shouldn't say that they've like every game they've 228 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:15.279 shot it poorly from the line. But what I mean 229 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:17.799 is during their ten game winning streak, there were at 230 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:21.840 least three four games where it didn't matter because they 231 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:24.519 were up by so much or they just played well 232 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:26.360 enough to where it didn't kill them. But like, they 233 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:28.039 left a lot of points at the free throw line. 234 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:30.399 And I don't think anybody would tell you that that 235 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:32.159 was wrong, but it's just not something you really think 236 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:35.279 about when your team's riding some real riding a ten 237 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:38.360 game winning streak. That doesn't happen too often really anywhere 238 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:40.639 in college basketball. So free throws are I mean, it 239 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:42.000 is what it is I think they've got guys that 240 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:44.240 you feel pretty confident in the line at the line, 241 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:46.480 I should say, And you've got guys you don't feel 242 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:48.399 confident in it, like James Scott, not somebody I really 243 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:51.320 love seeing go to the free throw line. CANi Russ 244 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:54.519 to me, he's like super inconsistent at the line. He 245 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:56.399 might miss four in a row, he might make all 246 00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:59.159 six of them in a game. Trey ol Ray don't 247 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:03.279 love him at the line. And then you've got guys like, honestly, 248 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:08.600 all outside of Rain, like Chucky and Javon and Terrence, 249 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:11.759 they're good free throw shooters. The percentages, you know, indicate that. 250 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:14.399 But I've also seen them like not have good nights 251 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:18.320 at the line, right, So it's it's just something that 252 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:21.159 I feel like for the first time, it did kind 253 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:23.279 of come back to bite you. But but even with that, 254 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:24.759 you still could have won that game even if you 255 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:26.960 still had a tough night at the free throw line. 256 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:31.399 So Louisville will play Boston College on Wednesday night on 257 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:35.960 the road. Hopefully they can bounce back get right because obviously, 258 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:38.320 you know they now have their first bad loss of 259 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:41.039 the season. But if we learned anything about this group, 260 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:42.879 I think it's that they don't mean, they don't get. 261 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:43.519 Too high, too low. 262 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:46.159 I'd be highly shocked if they're not ready to play 263 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:49.399 and maybe get a big time win against a Boston 264 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:52.639 College team that, yes, they are coming off a rare win, 265 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:55.799 but when you go back and look at how it happened, 266 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:57.360 I mean, I don't think that. And again, I guess 267 00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:59.480 they won. They deserve credit for making the shots. But 268 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:03.320 the way in which Florida State crumbled there at the 269 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:06.519 end with the you let them get an offensive rebound, 270 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:09.080 you're up four. They come down and score less than 271 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:12.120 ten seconds left. In fact, I'm sorry they try to 272 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:15.080 score less than ten seconds left. They get thrown offensive rebound, 273 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.000 throw it in. They're only down two, and then Florida 274 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.799 State craps their pants on the inbounds play. Don't know 275 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:22.279 who they were trying to throw it to, but it 276 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:25.480 just so happens to land about five feet seemingly behind 277 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:27.840 the three point line, and a Boston College guard grabbed it, 278 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:30.840 chucked it up, and they win. They scored five points 279 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:33.200 in less than ten seconds, and that's how Florida State lost. 280 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:36.240 And I'm going to assume that the news earlier today 281 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:38.879 of Leonard Hamilton resigning at the end of this season. 282 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:41.159 I'm going to assume that that was not a coincidence. 283 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:43.039 I don't know, maybe they had that prepped to put 284 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:45.600 out regardless of what happened in Boston, but wouldn't be 285 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:47.919 shocked if that was like the ultimate Hey, let's just 286 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:50.519 at least let fans know that we're gonna put them 287 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:53.600 out of their misery at the end of the year. Now, Kentucky, 288 00:12:53.759 --> 00:13:00.159 I mean, before we get into what happened, the energy, 289 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:03.039 the tension that you could feel, I mean that was 290 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:07.279 as somebody who is a real nerd for college basketball 291 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.080 and I love it so much, like that was an 292 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:12.799 awesome moment when you saw Cal walk out. Clearly he 293 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:16.480 was getting booed. Clearly that place was sold out. I 294 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:18.120 mean it was a late tip, I mean it was. 295 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:20.840 And also, again, I feel like there was an element 296 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:25.279 that even if you didn't follow Arkansas or Kentucky closely 297 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:28.320 and you don't care about either team, you just knew 298 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:31.159 that the game was interesting because Cali Perry was making 299 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:33.919 his return to Arkansas and that I mean, that's that 300 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:36.960 regardless of where the teams were at this point in 301 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:39.360 the season, they could both be terrible, both be great, 302 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:42.399 one be great, one be awful, which is kind of 303 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:44.960 the way it was Saturday. None of that really mattered 304 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:47.600 because it was just all about Cal. He's a larger 305 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:51.320 than live figure within college basketball. Certainly he's not had 306 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:53.399 many recent good years when it comes to winning in 307 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:56.600 the tournament, but still he can, you know, he can 308 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:03.879 generate interest and attention, I should say more, in fact, 309 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:06.679 probably better than I mean, is there a college basketball 310 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:10.519 coach left that sort of has that, like that aura 311 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:12.440 of cal and I don't mean that like everybody loves him. 312 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:14.480 In fact, he's really polarizing. Most people don't like him, 313 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:17.159 but you know, he's a He's just a he's an og. 314 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:19.399 What I mean by that is you could be a 315 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:22.720 rock star in coaching now, but you wouldn't be doing 316 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:25.279 it the same way guys like Cal and Rick did 317 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:26.919 it back in the day. It's just different now now. 318 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:28.960 I think the way to be on top is to 319 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:33.519 be relatable and you know, high energy, humble, that kind 320 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:36.200 of stuff. I mean, Cal and Rick say a lot 321 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:38.519 about him, but I don't think anybody'd claim that they 322 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:40.519 appear humble, And I don't mean like they're the biggest 323 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:43.120 a holes out there, but like those guys carry themselves 324 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:46.000 like they are rock stars within the sport of of 325 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:49.440 of college hoops, and they also they still are, to 326 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:50.919 be honest with you, I mean, and I was gonna ask, 327 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:54.159 is there anybody that could do something that could command 328 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:57.600 attention quite like Caliperry? And if there is somebody, it'd 329 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:59.720 be Rick Patino. But I kind of feel like Rick, 330 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:03.159 like he's done it enough now and he so much 331 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:05.879 injected himself into the I mean, like the video last 332 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:07.200 week encouraging them to cheer. 333 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:09.639 I mean, he didn't say anything. 334 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:11.759 Crazy, but like now we are just now we're not 335 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:16.120 surprised when when Rick does things like that. But anyways, 336 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:20.159 the moment was was awesome for college basketball and the result, 337 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:23.879 of course was great for Caliperry, not great for Kentucky fans. 338 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:26.519 And I said this at the beginning of the show, 339 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:30.360 Cal I think what Kentucky fans that were worried about 340 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:31.759 the game, And I don't know how many of them 341 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:32.519 were actually worried. 342 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:34.399 I think it was pretty clear as. 343 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:35.879 Far as you know, I'm sure everybody you know, I know, 344 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:38.159 everybody's different, not everybody's the same. As far as how 345 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:41.320 you feel, But I think Kentucky fans knew they were 346 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:43.240 better and that they should expect to win that game. 347 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:45.399 Kentucky is one of the top ten teams in the 348 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:48.039 country at that time, and Arkansas's one and six in 349 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:51.039 the SEC. But you also know the guy on the 350 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:53.519 other sideline in moments like that, when the stage is 351 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:56.720 set and there's a lot of attention, he may lose 352 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:58.759 because he has lost games like that. But man, the 353 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:00.840 one thing that would be a real show was his 354 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:04.679 guys not coming ready to play and really embracing that 355 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:09.440 moment in really playing their best in that situation. I mean, 356 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:12.679 I know, as a Louisville fan, Kentucky had teams that 357 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:14.480 I knew weren't nearly as good as a lot of 358 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:15.159 Cow's teams. 359 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:17.879 I knew they had teams that weren't good right that 360 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:18.759 Louisville should be. 361 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:21.440 But I knew going in, Hey, cal Perry, this is 362 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:23.720 a personal game for him, not because he hates Louisville, 363 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:25.960 because he hates Rick, and he's going to have his 364 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:27.879 guys loose. They're going to be ready to play, and 365 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:30.000 that's exactly what played out the other night. I mean, 366 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.519 that Arkansas team was not the same team that you've 367 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:36.840 watched all year. I mean, they clearly have had talent, 368 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:42.080 but Nellie Davis, I mean, that guy was easily one 369 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:47.120 of the biggest I guess, you know, fraudsters in the portal, 370 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:49.399 meaning he got a ton of money from those Chicken people, 371 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:52.120 right Tyson Chicken Nuggets to go play at Arkansas, and 372 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:54.440 they were getting very little return on that investment because 373 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:57.039 he was he was like their fourth best guard earlier 374 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:59.840 this year, and he really hadn't been good this year overall. 375 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:02.480 But what he did do the other night probably had 376 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:05.759 his that's got to be his Arkansas career high eighteen. 377 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:09.000 I mean think he had eighteen the day before too, 378 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:11.799 or the game before. I think that's what the commentators are. 379 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:15.400 Saying really against in their loss. I guess I don't know. 380 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:18.359 I mean, look, he's averaging less than double figures, which 381 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:20.359 is crazy considering he was the most talked about player 382 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:20.799 in the portal. 383 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:23.000 But he was hot. He played well from the jump. 384 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:25.480 I mean, you had Theerro who kind of Theerra kind 385 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:27.160 of did what he always does, but he did it 386 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:29.400 like he really dominated Kentucky. And I think he's the 387 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:32.240 actual guy that really from a physical standpoint, he could 388 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:34.440 expose them, and he did. But other guys like DJ 389 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:40.039 Wagner going for seventeen points and by the way, I mean, yeah, 390 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:43.319 DJ Wagner, all of them in the second half, right, 391 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:48.519 I mean, let's see, Yeah, DJ Wagner had What the 392 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:49.079 hell is it? 393 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.359 Oh? 394 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:52.039 I keep going. This is where I get confused. 395 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:54.519 I hear DJ Wagner, I say, DJ Wagner, I'm thinking 396 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:56.319 he plays for Kentucky, but he doesn't. But yeah, DJ 397 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:59.200 Wagner he ended up having all seventeen of his points 398 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:01.440 in the second half, was seven of eight from the field, 399 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:04.480 two of two from three. I mean, he was phenomenal 400 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:07.400 and he never does that. But Cali Perry has a 401 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:11.160